Strawberry Basil Smoothie

The other day I went to make a green smoothie for breakfast only to discover…we had no greens. Well, technically, I did find something that had been baby spinach in a previous life, but was now a plastic clamshell of slime. Gross. Why is it that when one single leaf goes bad, the entire package deteriorates in a matter of minutes? It’s like the salad equivalent of the domino effect.

I was starving though, and I really wanted a smoothie, so I decided to get creative. I saw some fresh basil and thought, why not? It’s leafy, it’s green, it’s delicious…how bad could it be? I grabbed a big handful and started throwing things in the blender.

The results, the strawberry basil smoothie you see here, were nothing short of amazing: sweet, fresh, herbaceous and completely refreshing. I used strawberries because that’s what I had, but I think any berry would be delicious, as would peaches or mango.

Plus it was so pretty! Pale pink with tiny flecks of bright green. Lily Pulitzer would be proud 🙂

I hope your week is off to a great start! We had a wonderful Father’s Day, but Owen was pretty exhausted by the end and had an epic meltdown before bed. So as I write this…my brain is pretty fried. Sorry for the short post! Maybe I need a few of these healthy, vegan, gluten-free smoothies to get back in my groove.

I have recently started going smoothie crazy and literally make it every single day with different ingredients. I have never tried strawberry basil though but will definitely do especially because we have home grown basil!

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Hi! I'm Lucy. Turnip the Oven is my vegetable-focused food blog, but sometimes I'm sidetracked by dessert. My recipes are simple and approachable, and I use fresh, seasonal ingredients. I hope I inspire you to eat more plants…and cookies.